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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what were the traders who were busted by the FBI in 1981 charged?
(a) Money laundering and grand larceny.
(b) Fraud and embezzlement.
(c) Money laundering and embezzlement.
(d) Fraud and grand larceny.

2. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Copper and gold.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Silver and uranium.
(d) Copper and aluminum.

3. What happened to trading following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Trading dropped steadily.
(b) Trading escalated dramatically.
(c) Trading dropped dramatically.
(d) Trading stood still.

4. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?
(a) It surged dramatically.
(b) It began to drop.
(c) It held steady.
(d) It began to rise.

5. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?
(a) CNN.
(b) Pixar.
(c) Warner Brothers.
(d) 20th Century Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was being sold, but was in short supply and not physically accessible in Chapter 2?

2. What does the author write that investors were not aware that every industry in the world was driven by in Chapter 1?

3. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?

4. Where did many of the metals traded under the radar originate?

5. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?

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